Sunday, May 14, 2006
SAP Wants to Wean Customers from R/3
SAP Wants to Wean Customers from R/3: "The value of upgrading to MySAP 2005 stems from the more modern development concepts in play at SAP, particularly around the service enablement of MySAP ERP, and the process integration capabilities inherent with that.
The problem with upgrading is that the technology is confusing, expensive and difficult to implement, customers say.
'In the past, when you just ran R/3, you had a single environment to deal with,' said John Wheeler, CIO of Nova Chemicals, in Calgary, Alberta, which is upgrading to MySAP ERP 2004.
'Now, all the new products run in separate environments, so instead of one production management environment, you end up with something that's four or five times more complex. If one doesn't mitigate that complexity, it's a significant increase in your IT budget.' "
The problem with upgrading is that the technology is confusing, expensive and difficult to implement, customers say.
'In the past, when you just ran R/3, you had a single environment to deal with,' said John Wheeler, CIO of Nova Chemicals, in Calgary, Alberta, which is upgrading to MySAP ERP 2004.
'Now, all the new products run in separate environments, so instead of one production management environment, you end up with something that's four or five times more complex. If one doesn't mitigate that complexity, it's a significant increase in your IT budget.' "
